The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-06-17
PROHIBITION IN TEXAS.
And Drunkenness and Done I'M
caIculnblc Damage 1" llt
Ia the state in Every way.

Below we give letters from mayors
of citiD- and other prominent gentle
men IN Iowa. which forever -et Al
rcst the utopian claim OF prohibit
tionIsts that the adoption of their
theory of government will prove "A
political cure-all, and bring about n
political millennium. Those letters
are authentic and the originals will
be prod uced If necessary. They dem.
onstrstc that the governor OF Iowa in
his letter TO the prohibition commit
Tee Of Texas, has either spoken with
out knowledge or has deliberately
misreprcscntcd the situation. Read
these letters, voters, ana then vote tor
uruh bition II you would curse your
state aud destroy its property.
K,rsct OF Ioticf from the mayor of Daveu-
Mort loHa, 10 Hon. W. Page OF crock o.
Texas
"\ut enforced nor has it been 80
far attempted to bc enforced. 1hc
city imposes u license Of one hun
bred dollars
Fsom uc Mayor O., Coupal MuT. Iowa, 90
Hon. " b., Page, Dated MAY 4uth, l.si.
"lu answer to your first que ton
whether the prohibition law of our
state is enforced i'm our city or not,
say il IL Nor enforced. \ our second
question, IL liquor sold openly OF
claudC-tinciy, ! answer, IL IL sold
openly. 10 b. not any more trouble 10
obtain u glh-s OF btcr or whisky OF
any other sort of Intoxicating drink
thnu Co obtain glass IF water pro-
y.drd YOU have the ca-h. During this
spring AN attempt was made To en-
force lho law aud twenty four saloons
Gcrr Closed upon writ OF iuiunc
tiOu but SOME of these after being
closed few weeks have opened
agiin aud pay no attention 10 the or.
der OF the court. We have in all about
hundred places whore liquors are
sold including saloons. stores, hotels
drug stores, etc. Formerly the city
derived q revenue OF about $4,000
from The saloons in the way of license
but since the injunction proceedings
this has been wiped out, the saloon
men refusing TO pay. Altogether we
have the worst Kind of mess of il
and II hard thing to get out. Drunk
cnucss has not decreased in the east
aud Judging from the arrests il would
seem 10 be on the lucrcasc
From Tho MAYOR OF Keokuk, Iowa to Hon ".
j.. ftgo, dated May lhlos'
"W hen the prohibitory law first
passed the saloons in our city pre-
tended to close mp their pacc> OF bus
mess and wo did not attempt to COl-
.cct any license from them. NJ the
end of the year we found that there
was more druukncss and dsordcrly
conduct in our city than for many
wears previous. An investigation was
ordered by the Mayor and we found
that saloons wcrr carried on claudrs-
timely in many places III the city
From flc MAYOR of Dee Moinc- TO Hon ". B
Page, May 20 lN,.
a have yours of Il, mluirng
whether whisky is sold in this city in
Violation OF law. II so, whether open.
or not and IN answer say whisky is
sold i'm violation of law, not openly
tu|c-s by druggists under cover. In
the matter OF reduction OF taxation.
can say this. that no such theory is IN
existence here. OF course the active
friends OF the law think thi, condi.
ton of thing may come in time. In
the mattorot drunkenness am told by
police officer, that since March l5oftho
year up to this date, there Is no mu-
tcrlal change from last year during
tho same period Thcarrest4 last wear
ending March (, 1857 Tor drunken
ness. Wg- $40. These were made by
police force. Tho number by con-ta-
olc- and 5hcrYil- do not have. The
population of county say $4,000. Special
efforts have been made in this city tor
three year. 10 enforce prohibition. II
.s UUch better enforced than in any
OF the other cititie- OF the state with u
population of more than 5000. Omen
sales are made in many of the larger
cities, while in the smaller ones the
sales NJ times ate opon, at other times
not So
Dr. MolNE,, Iowa, June Q, 81
Capt 0'vrs. W. kecue My Esteemed aud
Beloved u.l Fri md
our appeal to me for fNct, lust
received, ana busy n am in my cor
rcspondcncc, drop all To assist you
and your friends and your great state
"a terrifying yourselves against on
of the greatest "humbugs' that ever
raised "llcll on earth
No place, state or city in this great
union that has adopted its seeming
lhristisn teachings but what has
withcred and died. n il lung by
tarntula, contipedc, or horned tailed
snake, speak with realization OF
facts and remorsc OF conscience
from the fact that bIindly helped tc
ruin nv adopted state and my HON,
city. When say ruined, | mean 1t.
have worked honestly aud faith
fully for prohibitions was in the
front ranks of the tight, among the
ky pilots and the woman's brig
AIDE OF cranks. | thought at that tim,
those preachers and women wer,
Lnnnaf In lhnL rl.im. of humanity